[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24868-24869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11645]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-15074; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-42]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Cedar Rapids, IA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: An examination of controlled airspace for Cedar Rapids, IA 
revealed a discrepancy in the Cedar Rapids, The Eastern Iowa Airport, 
IA airport reference point. This action corrects the discrepancy by 
modifying the Cedar Rapids, IA Class E airspace areas and by 
incorporating the change into the Class E airspace legal descriptions. 
For continuity, it also modifies the legal description title of the 
Class E surface area at Cedar Rapids, IA.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, September 4, 
2003. Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or 
before June 25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2003-15074/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-42, at the beginning 
of your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing the 
proposal, any comments received, and any final disposition in person in 
the Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) 
is on the plaza level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF 
Building at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, ACE-520C, DOT Regional Headquarters Building, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 
(816) 329-2525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An examination of controlled airspace for 
Cedar Rapids, IA revealed a discrepancy in the Cedar Rapids, The 
Eastern Iowa Airport, IA airport reference point. This amendment to 14 
CFR part 71 modifies the legal description of the Class E airspace 
designated as a surface area at Cedar Rapids, IA by incorporating the 
revised airport reference point and, for continuity, by modifying the 
title of this airspace area to agree with other Class E airspace at 
Cedar Rapids, IA. This amendment also modifies Cedar Rapids, IA Class E 
airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and its 
legal description by incorporating the revised The Eastern Iowa Airport 
airport reference point. This action brings the legal descriptions of 
both Cedar Rapids, IA Class E airspace areas into compliance with FAA 
Order 7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. The areas will 
be depicted on appropriate aeronautical charts. Class E airspace 
designated as surface areas are published in paragraph 6002 of FAA 
Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, 
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. Class E airspace 
areas extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface of the 
earth are published in paragraph 6005 of the same FAA Order. The Class 
E airspace designations listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

The Direct Final Rule Procedure

    The FAA anticipates that this regulation will not result in adverse 
or negative comment and, therefore, is issuing it as a direct final 
rule. Previous actions of this nature have not been controversial and 
have not resulted in adverse comments or objections. Unless a written 
adverse or negative comment, or a written notice of intent to submit an 
adverse or negative comment is received within the comment period, the 
regulation will become effective on the date specified above. After the 
close of the comment period, the FAA will publish a document in the 
Federal Register indicating that no adverse or negative comments were 
received and confirming the date on which the final rule will become 
effective. If the FAA does receive, within the comment period, an 
adverse or negative comment, or written notice of intent to submit such 
a comment, a document withdrawing the direct final rule will be 
published in the Federal Register, and a notice of proposed rulemaking 
may be published with a new comment period.

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this rulemaking by 
submitting such written data, views, or arguments, as they may desire. 
Comments that provide the factual basis supporting the views and 
suggestions presented are particularly helpful in developing reasoned 
regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments are specifically invited 
on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, economic, environmental, and 
energy-related aspects of the proposal. Communications should identify 
both docket numbers and be submitted in triplicate to the address 
listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of 
their comments on this notice must submit with those comments a self-
addressed, stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: 
``Comments to Docket No. FAA-2003-15074/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
42.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter.

Agency Findings

    The regulations adopted herein will not have a substantial direct 
effect on the States, on the relationship between the national 
Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, it 
is determined that this final rule does not have federalism 
implications under Executive Order 13132.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation is noncontroversial and 
unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons 
discussed in the preamble, I certify that this regulation (1) is not a 
``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is 
not a ``significant rule'' under Department of Transportation (DOT) 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); 
and (3) if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact, 
positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities

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under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

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Accordingly, the Federal Aviation Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 
as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS

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1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective 
September 16, 2002, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Designated as Surface Areas.

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ACE IA E2 Cedar Rapids, IA

Cedar Rapids, The Eastern Iowa Airport, IA
    (Lat. 41[deg]53'05'' N., long. 91[deg]42'37'' W.)

    Within a 4.4-mile radius of The Eastern Iowa Airport. This Class 
E airspace area is effective during the specific dates and times 
established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and 
time will thereafter be continuously published in the airport/
Facility/Directory.
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Paragraph 6005 Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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ACE IA E5 Cedar Rapids, IA

Cedar Rapids, The Eastern Iowa Airport, IA
    (Lat. 41[deg]53'05'' N., long. 91[deg]42'37'' W.)
CINDY LOM
    (Lat. 41[deg]53'08'' N., long. 91[deg]48'09'' W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.4-mile radius of The Eastern Iowa Airport and within 3 
miles each side of the 271[deg] bearing from the CINDY LOM, 
extending from the 7.4-mile radius to 19.3 miles west of the 
airport.
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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on May 1, 2003.
Herman J. Lyons, Jr.,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-11645 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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